-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SfEx9iZhn65kiR8Thoo3iM5PFj2CsHjL0Tdt32Xs+i/L8jJ8JHfGqO3go6ORdCId iGcMaXpSk3rFFxuhuLvwtw== 0001104659-06-035276.txt : 20060516 0001104659-06-035276.hdr.sgml : 20060516 20060516091447 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-06-035276 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060515 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20060516 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060516 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD /BER/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000833444 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRONIC CONNECTORS [3678] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13836 FILM NUMBER: 06844148 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 PITTS BAY ROAD STREET 2: THE ZURICH CENTRE SECOND FLOOR CITY: PEMROKE HM 08 BERMU STATE: D0 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412928674 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O TYCO INTERNATIONAL (US) INC STREET 2: ONE TYCO PARK CITY: EXETER STATE: NH ZIP: 03833 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ADT LIMITED DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930601 8-K 1 a06-8511_48k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 15, 2006

 

TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Bermuda

98-0390500

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

001-13836

(Commission File Number)

 

Second Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road

Pembroke, HM 08, Bermuda

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

 

441-292-8674

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

 

                Check the appropriate box below if the form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2 (b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2 (b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

Item 8.01.  Other Events.

 

The Company disclosed previously in its annual and quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Applied Medical Resources Corp. (“Applied Medical”) had filed a patent infringement suit against the Company’s subsidiary, U.S. Surgical, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.  The complaint alleges that U. S. Surgical’s VERSASEAL Plus trocar product infringes on Applied Medical’s U.S. Patent No. 5,385,533.  On February 7, 2005, the district court granted U.S. Surgical’s motion for summary judgment of non-infringement and Applied Medical appealed the summary judgment.  On May 15, 2006, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment on the grounds that there are genuine issues of material fact regarding U.S. Surgical’s infringement of Applied Medical’s patent and remanded the case back to the district court.   The Company is exploring its options with respect to this case including filing a motion for rehearing or for en banc review.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)           Exhibits

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Carol Anthony Davidson

 

 

Carol Anthony Davidson
Senior Vice President, Controller
and Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

Date: May 16, 2006

 

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